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typeId: term
recordId: deletion-by-key-destruction
fields:
  title: Deletion by Key Destruction
  definition: A privacy strategy in which access to encrypted content is removed
    by destroying or revoking decryption keys.
  order: 1460
  usage:
    - This prevents future decryption by those without keys, but cannot erase
      plaintext already disclosed or copied.
  sourceDocument: /home/johnb/Downloads/benac_terms_and_definitions_v0_1.md
  sourceVersion: 0.1 Terminology Draft
  sourceDate: 2026-05-02
  sourceSections:
    - 12. Encryption, decryption, and disclosure terminology
---
